Lynne Cheney Pens Biography on Madison

Published 07/01 2014 02:06PM

Updated 07/01 2014 05:06PM

Lynne Cheney, wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, has studied James Madison since 1987 when she was a member of the Commission on the Bicentennial of the Constitution. For the last five years, she has immersed herself in archival materials to uncover new aspects of Madison's story. Now, she shares it all in her majestic new biography, James Madison: A Life Reconsidered, firmly placing him in his proper seat among the giants that were the Founding Fathers.

Cheney offers a fresh, lively, and compelling narrative that takes the reader through the history-altering events that Madison did so much to shape.

Lynne Cheney, wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney, holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. She is the author or co-author of twelve books, including six bestsellers about American history for children and their families. Her most recent book is We the People: The Story of Our Constitution (2008). She lives in Wilson, Wyoming.

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